Headlines EditionDec 8, 2017

Friday Headlines: If only in their dreams.

Congress passed a two-week spending measure to keep the government open. The next shutdown deadline is the Friday before Christmas, when lawmakers will be leave for home, placing additional pressure on solving the partisan budget impasse.

Video: Archaeologist Lyle Balenquah offers a brief tour of the ancient Hopi rock wall drawings on the eastern side of the Comb Ridge at Bears Ears.

“By July 2019, the Bitcoin network will require more electricity than the entire United States currently uses. By February 2020, it will use as much electricity as the entire world does today.” To survive, Bitcoin needs a new energy source. There isn’t enough electricity to sustain its growth rate.

If Russia's aim is to get Americans to distrust information, the media uproar over fake news achieved just that.

“Death is seen as a final stage of growth. Our daily practices of mindfulness and compassion cultivate the wholesome mental, emotional, and physical qualities that prepare us to meet the inevitable.” How a Buddhist teacher is assisting patients during end-of-life care.

“The Midwest is, in fact, fairly frequently written about, but almost always in a way that weirdly disclaims the possibility that it has ever been written or thought about before.” On the “normality” of being Midwestern in America.